The Dark Pictures Anthology continues with Directive 8020 from Supermassive Games. Taking the studio's penchant for horror into the realm of sci-fi, the game's announcement trailer can be viewed above.
The trailer introduces us to an optimistic young cosmonaut ready for adventure (played by Lashana Lynch), before hard cutting to a future where she's facing down a creepy alien doppelganger. It looks like her whole crew will be at risk of falling victim to these mimics too, which should play rather nicely into situations where you have to make tough choices.
According to a press release, Directive 8020 will feature the branching narrative you'd expect from a Dark Pictures game, but it also builds on that with some new ideas. The most prominent of these is "persistent real-time threats", which sounds to us like these alien creatures will be constantly hunting you down. Complementing that will be new stealth gameplay and "enhanced interactive cinematics". The game is being made in Unreal Engine 5.
The game is heading to PS5 in 2025. Are you liking the look of Directive 8020? Tell us in the comments section below.
